Seriously. Does the OP of the summary really not understand that open source != free? Publishing the source code has nothing to do with licensing. If the military had paid for 500 copies of open source software and installed it on thousands of machines, they would STILL BE PIRATING IT.

Seriously, it depends on what I'm working on. There are items I wouldn't even bother trying to trouble shoot without a VNA and there are items I don't need more than a multimeter. I wouldn't say the oscilloscope is dead, it's use case has simply changed.

Dad and mom do not agree, kids are minors and thus unable to decide for themselves in the eyes of the law, and thus medical evidence breaks the tie. I really don't see the problem here...

IF mom and dad and kids didn't want it and courts were ordering something, then that would be a different story.

You realize apple already does this right? They have a show room, in fact lots of show rooms. Where I can go and see their products, test drive, try, and see if I like. Then I can either buy it there or if I want something that's not quite off the shelf, configure one online either in store or online exactly how I want it.

Being able to buy it online doesn't mean you can't buy it in person or see it in person.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are man-made chemicals that were widely used as chemical coolants and electrical insulators in electrical motors and transformers.

Just in case anyone else didn't know.

The reality here is someone with some authority was an idiot. This is getting spun as "evil fema shut down the little nice drone maker" which clearly isn't accurate at all. It wasn't FEMA that did this, it was a guy who works at FEMA. I very much doubt the W. Craig Fugate ordered this, nor any of his staff. It was some idiot that works there without the knowledge of his superiors (although I bet they know now...). Also, he didn't just shut down the drone guy, this guy at FEMA is also clearly stepping on the toes of all the local authorities already on the scene.

I'm not saying the correct response here isn't to make it into a story, or to be upset about how this was handled. But the anger shouldn't be directed against the agency, it should be directed against the individual who made this call. I know big governmental agencies are faceless organizations, but it is nothing but a collection of people, and it's actions are those of the people it employees. If you want change, then demand change of the people and you'll get change of an organization.

Someone mod this post up, and the story down. This kind of crap should never make it onto the front page.

"In 98.5% of the 2.3 million frisks, no weapon was found,"

This is why courts are setup in tiers. This is why there are appeals. Because a stupid judge somewhere can't think hard enough to realize why this is dumb and the implications of the precedent they're setting. Luckily, the appeals courts generally sort this thing out before it goes too far off the rails.

I'm amazed the Media didn't manage to convict him, despite how hard they tried.

So when someone steals credentials, how do you change your "password"?

And you thought autoplay ads with sound were bad, just wait, autoplay ads with smells are coming. And then will come the trolling....